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54 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

If you want just call the 800 number. They schedule appts right over the phone. That is how I got my daughters shot at M&T. 

I got Moderna (1st dose), Mr. J got J&J and older Miss J got Pfizer (1st dose). We all just had a sore arm at the sight of injection. But I have heard of people having the whole arm react. Called COVID arm apparently. To put it in perspective I had a sore arm with the FLU shot this year. I can only ever get shots or blood work in my right arm, due to removal of Lymph nodes from the left side. So my right arm takes the brunt of any needle. But I did not notice any worse soreness. My muscle apparently was trying to push the needle out. All the working out has my biceps woke up. And no bleeding at all did not even need a band aid. Mr. J still has a bruise from his J&J shot. But he even gets that sometimes when he gives blood. 

I just called and they said that I was still in the pre-registration phase.  I asked if i could change my  primary location and was told that it would put me back at the end of the line.  

I'll be in Hagerstown today and might see if they have any wail ins available at the mass vaccination site  at the outlets. 

pre-registered, but still waiting for the link to schedule an appointment. :-( 

6 hours ago, yoda said:

Wizards just really want to give this game away against Utah tonight 

Beal and Westbrook forced a ton of shots at then end, but that is the new NBA.   Let your stars go one on one.  Frustrating.  Notice how when they took the 19 point lead that everyone was involved on the offensive end of the floor? 

2 hours ago, vastateofmind said:

I know it's difficult, given the flight patterns of these little buggers....but if anybody snaps some pics of them, I'd love to see.

i put some out last week as well.  I'm also trying Oriole feeders this year and just put them out today. 

3 hours ago, H2O said:

You can't afford it!

 

Its just sprinkles

I let my kids listen to that a few years back.  they were on the floor laughing!

Might not be the best parenting move, but I felt like the cool dad. 

2 hours ago, MacChump said:

i really hesitate to criticize the referees for my daughters' soccer games as they get so much shit from parents on the sideline...missed calls happen...the parents that complain about a missed throw-in call at midfield drive me crazy...THAT BEING SAID my biggest gripe is definitely the refs that don't protect the players and let things get out of control...i've seen some pretty serious injuries as a result, and this is at the u-little stage...

Totally agree.  Since I started refereeing basketball last year, I have made it the point to let the officials do their job and only comment to myself.  Yelling at them will only make them either miss more calls, or make the wrong calls.  

MY concern as well is around the safety of the players.  Because he let a few things go the other night it was very chippy.  With about 3 minutes left in the first half a player for the other team was called for a dangerous play in the box on a corner kick.  He tried to heel kick the ball with his foot near player's head.  At the time, the call was right and we were awarded an indirect kick at the 6 yard line.  A few seconds later, the ref realized that our player was bleeding from the head because of the contact.  Because of this new information, he could have given the player a card and change the result of the foul to a direct (penalty) kick, but didn't.   The player couldn't play the second half because the bleeding never stopped, but could have been avoided if the referee had better control of the game. 

Anyone here ever eat Thuringer as a kid?  I can't find it anywhere. 

1 hour ago, MacChump said:

I don’t want to live in the timeline where that’s not a straight red 

There was a play in my son's game the other night where the opposing keeper came out cleats first and took the striker out.....no call at all.  He did get a little of the ball, but the cleats first should have been a card.  It's all about protecting the players....and Karma is real thing, we won 6-0.

6 hours ago, yoda said:

Any soccer fans?

https://mobile.twitter.com/PhilaUnion/status/1379952899187470337

Definitely Yellow. Maybe Red since he made no attempt to play the ball and came in cleats first. 

Just now, Will - Rutgers said:

just stopped in from the NY metro forum to say go O's baybeeee i can't wait to lose this one in the 12th and go to bed angry

Awful play by mountcastle. 

1 hour ago, MacChump said:

 

 

"This is pure snow!' 

One of my favorite 80s movies....

Round 2 here. 

Sleeting 5 minutes ago mixed in with some deformed flakes.  :-)

2 hours ago, toolsheds said:

Just dropped the kids off at school.  Saw a few wet flakes hit the windshield with that last little wave which passed by.

 

Sleeting now mixed in with some deformed flakes.  :-)

Just dropped the kids off at school.  Saw a few wet flakes hit the windshield with that last little wave which passed by.

10 minutes ago, Bodhi Cove said:

Yes, I make my own nectar. during the Spring and late Fall I'll usually add a little more sugar than called for, since they burn up so much energy trying to stay warm.

I also boil the water to burn off the chlorine. It takes a little longer because you have to wait for the nectar to cool.

 

https://www.audubon.org/news/how-make-hummingbird-nectar

thanks!  I'll use this and let you know how it goes. 

1 hour ago, vastateofmind said:

Appreciate this, some interesting details there. I've put out a feeder in past years, have tried planting various types of flowers around or near the feeder, but just have not ever been able to consistently attract hummingbirds to our backyard.

Looks like someone spotted one in town on the 26th.   Need to get some feeders and put them out. 

24 minutes ago, Bodhi Cove said:

Grab some fake flowers from a dollar store red white purple but predominantly red. You need to grab their attention upon arrival. I have three feeders out now in various locations.  We get the same hummingbirds every season they're not afraid of us anymore, and will dive bomb our heads if the feeders are empty.

thanks for the advice.  What type of nectar do you use?  Is it homemade? 

1 hour ago, wxtrix said:

he was quoting Warren Zevon, you Philistines.

I know. :-)

But it all goes back to Tool with me.  Maybe that makes me one. 

25 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

 

All I know is that when I read your original post, I pulled out an old vinyl Sparks album.

 

His original post made me think of Aenima from Tool........

5 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

Power is out over here. Guessing it is the wind. 

Just looked the outage up.  They claim it will be restored by 3:30.

1 hour ago, vastateofmind said:

You can probably guess which Airplane line I liberally steal every time someone in the office starts a sentence with "Surely..."

EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

I wish I knew someone named Leon. 

8 hours ago, stormtracker said:

I hate It here

and I thought this was bad.....

17 hours ago, Mrs.J said:

The youngest Miss J has a bad intestinal reaction with the skin of apples. Found out it is the pectin. She can eat skinned apples just fine so that is what we do. 

Can she try apples off the tree from an orchard?  I thought they only put pectin on the apples to preserve them when shipping and to give that fake shine. 

I can't wait for my son's Varsity Soccer game tomorrow evening.   Is it better to have the wind to your back in the first half and have more energy in the second half, or have the wind to your back in the second half after fighting it all first half.....